Techniques for preserving and managing identities in an audit log

摘要

Techniques are provided for preserving and managing identities within an audit log when performing and managing electronic transactions. Initial entries into a log do not include an explicit and direct reference to an agent that performs a transaction; rather, the agent acquires a temporary transaction identity for the transaction and an indirect reference to the transaction identity is written to the log while the transaction is pending. Once the transaction completes a direct reference to the transaction identity is written to the log, the identity of agent remains transparent until the identity of the agent expires, if at all.